An effort to instate a new map in South Carolina before the 2026 elections fell apart in the state Senate, amid Republican pushback.

The South Carolina Senate effectively killed an effort to redraw the state’s congressional lines to eliminate longtime Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn’s seat in Congress, stalling out an effort by President Donald Trump’s White House to redraw the seat’s seven seats to benefit Republicans.

Early voting for South Carolina’s June primary begins Tuesday, but a major vote at the Capitol could delay elections for the state’s congressional seats.

The South Carolina Senate has rejected President Donald Trump’s push to redraw the state’s congressional districts in hopes Republicans could gain an extra seat

As early in-person voting began Tuesday in South Carolina’s primaries, the state Senate rejected a Republican plan to cancel those congressional votes and instead schedule a new primary under revised districts designed to help the GOP oust a longtime Democrat.

A GOP push to overhaul South Carolina’s congressional map ended Tuesday, as a record-setting start to early voting prompted Republican senators to abandon their support. The 26-18 vote to

South Carolina senators on Tuesday voted against a plan to advance a new congressional map, putting a pin in the state’s GOP-led redistricting push amid the national back-and-forth ahead of the midterms.